Improvement in pressing-irons



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A. RUSSELL. Pressing-Iron. No. 222,741 Patented Dec. 16, 1879;

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Pressing-Iron. No. 222,741. Patented Dec. 16, 1879,

, INVENTOR:

N PETERS. PHOTO-LIYHOGRAPHER, WASHIN U rr TAT E S PATENT i l IMPROVEMENT'IN PRESSlNG-l RONS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 222,741, dated December16, 1879; application filed August 11, 1879. i

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ELVIRA A. RUSSELL, of Minneapolis, in the county ofHennepin and State of Minnesota, have invented a new and ImprovedPressing-Iron, of which the followingis a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a pressing-iron which isadapted to be placed over a lamp-burner like a chimney, and, whileserving the same purpose, be heated by the flame of the lamp.

It consists in making the iron of the gen= eral form of a conicallamp-chimney, having one of its exterior sides flattened to form anironing surface, an extension at the smaller end on the flattened sideto serve as a point for the iron, and at the large end a round portionto fit over the burner and hold the iron on the lamp-top.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a sectional side elevation ofmy improved press ing-iro'n. Fig. 2 is a frontend elevation of the same;and Fig. 3 a side elevation of the improvement placed over a lamp-top.

Similar letters of reference indicate correspondin g parts.

Referring to the drawings, A is the improved iron, of a general eouoidalform, like a lampchimney, hollow inside, but having one side, B,flattened to form a smooth broad ironingsurface. This flatted side isextended slightly beyond the rounded sides at the smaller end, andformed into a V-shaped point, a, with inwardly-beveled extensions 0 b,which serve the purpose of the point of the ordinary ironviz., toprevent the material from catching in the end of the iron, and to enablethe ironing to be extended under tucks and in gathers or other similarplaces where ablunt end could not reach.

Thelarge end or base of the cone below the end 00f the flat surface B isrounded, forming a circular extension, 0, to fit over the burner andhold the iron on the lamp-top.

On the convex side of the iron, opposite the flat surface, is fixed thehandle D.

The manner of using the invention is as follows: In Fig. 3 is shown indotted lines alamptop, E. Now, when the iron is to be heated it isturned to a vertical position with the large end down, and the extension(1 is placed over the burner and allowed to rest on the lamptop likean'ordinary chimney, as shown in Fig. 3. Thus arranged it serves theordinary purpose of a chimney in giving a strong draft to the flame, andat the same time it is heated by the flame, and when it has reached theproper state can be removed and used as a pressing-iron.

This invention furnishes an excellent substitute for the furnaces nowused for heating these irons in working-rooms. It is neater, does notgive forth so much heat, and when the iron is removed this can hereduced so as to be not perceptible, is much more convenient in everyway, and, lastly, is very economical, as thefuel used is in the mostavailable form--viz., that of oil, and'there is not the same waste as inthe fuels used in furnaces;

I do not confine myself to the use of any particular form of burner orany particular devices for holding the iron on the lamp'top, as thesemay be varied to suit the wishes of those using the iron.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patcut- jg a new article of manufacture, a lampchimneypressing-iron having the hollow openended body A,with the V'shaped pointa and inwardly-beveled extensions 1) I), as shown and described.

ELVIRA ACHMET RUSSELL.

Witnesses:

L. M. STEWART,

A; H. JORDAN.

